Books like The 1930s by Peacock, John

Explores how iconic fashion pieces and designers shaped cultural identities and social change across history.

Photographs and text document the history and meaning of clothing, from loincloths to modern children's clothes.

A richly illustrated, decade‑by‑decade survey of 20th‑century women’s fashion, offering detailed descriptions of couture, daywear, underwear, and accessories—from early 1900s styles to contemporary designs by major couturiers.

Anna Sui is one of New York's most beloved and accomplished fashion designers, known for creating contemporary original clothing inspired by spectacular amounts of research into vintage styles and cultural arcana. She is especially famous for her textile prints. Sui joined New York's intensely creative cultural underground in the 1970s, forging important relationships in the worlds of fashion, photography, art, music, and design. "The World of Anna Sui" looks at Sui's eclectic career as a designer and artist, both through her clothing and studio. Through interviews with fashion journalist Tim Blanks, the book explores Sui's lifelong engagement with fashion archetypes, the rocker, the schoolgirl, the punk, the goth, the bohemian, and reveals their inspiration and influence. Complete with detailed photographs of garments, sketches, moodboards, runway shots, and cultural ephemera, "The World of Anna Sui" is an inside look at this iconic New York designer with a worldwide cult following.

A pictorial guide that traces fashion trends through the 19th and 20th centuries, pairing sequential illustrations with concise, often humorous commentary to help historians, costumers, and genealogists date photographs and clothing.